steve, independent line. good morning to you. caller: good morning. host: why is washington so divided? caller code because what -- republicans have been in campaign mode since obama came into office. even mitt romney in his exceptions speech as the republican nominee said that he fully expected that any new president would gain the full support of the nation. that has not what has happened. that is not the american way. we should all be galvanized behind our presidents. that is not what happened in this particular election with obama. what you have was the republicans taking a very bipartisan approach. they have been complaining that obama has been campaigning for the last year, but they have been campaigning for the past four years. host: more hear from the post, they talk about band piper, saying that there was a misunderstanding about what obama was talking about in 2008 when he called for new politics. >> you can take a look at this on line. as we leave it now, we go back to green bay, wisconsin, to hear from vice president joe biden, with his so